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After nearly 69 years as an ABC affiliate serving viewers across South Florida and all of the Bahamas, Berkshire Hathaway-controlled WPLG-10 in Miami is no longer linked with the network owned by The Walt Disney Co. That's because it has moved to a subchannel of WSVN-TV in Miami and a leased LPTV property.

It is a newly created role that unifies the company’s global content distribution, platform relationships, corporate development, and international growth initiatives. We now know who is filling the post, reporting to CEO Daniel Alegre from its offices in the media and cultural hub of Mexico. 

Metro Video Productions has brought to life a second low-power television station serving the Fort Wayne, Ind. market, and thanks to digital multicast capabilities is providing eight different programming options to local viewers.

WCHL is running off a four-watt transmitter its chief engineer found on eBay

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Jon Yinger worked through winters in the now demolished transmitter building in Brecksville

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Knipp led Hispanic-focused multicultural advertising agency Dieste and its Dieste Health division "committed to Health Equity for racial and ethnic minority groups" and spent more than two decades focused on U.S. Latino consumers.

He brings invaluable experience supporting indoor and outdoor AV installations across a broad array of markets. These include retail, corporate, and entertainment, with music festivals, touring bands, and soccer venues.

Ariel Roblin is one of the Radio + Television Business Report’s Top Local TV Leaders, and as RBR+TVBR begins the nomination process for 2025 honorees in late August, Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson reconnects with her to get the latest about what’s happening in California’s state capital and across the region.

On Thursday, RBR+TVBR reported that a markup of the 2026 Labor and Health and Human Services appropriations bill had taken place and provided no funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Now, the organization has confirmed that CPB will be ceasing operations. Most staff will exit on September 30.

The publicly traded broadcast TV ownership group co-led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney said it has reached an agreement with BCI to acquire its television stations. The deal creates a three-station group in Louisville and the need for a "Top-Four Prohibition" waiver.